Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-04-27

cent. AZ
Buy your fresh meats at Mobiles, in
the gypsum building. AZ
Leave orders for Ice with Mr.. Ham,
delIveryman, or with \. d. Jamison. IS
A change will be made in one of the
leading law firms of this city next week.
A beautiful line OF Dress Prints, IN
all the new styles and shades, at W NJ.
Wheeler's. AZ
Comanche county IS now getting a
considerable portion of its freight at
this place.
Ready-mixed paints, of any color de-
sired; the best in the market, at South
wOrth's drug store. AZ
John ". Bundy this week received
news of the dangerous sickness Of his
sister, in Indiana.
Judge Ellis this week returned from
Meade county, where he had been hold
ing district court.
Just received, a new stock OF extra
fine hand-turned, French kid ladies'
dress shoes. Wood Il Vincent. AZ
Geo. d. Orner, formerly of this city,
is one of the incorporators in compa-
ny at Garden City organized to bore for
gas, oil and coal.
j. NJ. Simmons and w. G.. Melon
aid, formally of Kiowa, have started a
paper, the Panhandle Interstate, at
Lipscomb, Texas. We wish them sue
cess.
Col. Busey returned this week from
a visit to his old home at Champaign,
III. He said that the trip made him
better satisfied with Kansas and Bar
Der county.
l.. +. Pearson Il Co. are arranging a
new record of city real estate sales and
mercantile, real estate and live stock
exchanges. Enter your property in
their records early. AZ
Cyprus Chapter, No. SO, r. A. NJ,
now has regular meetings the ID and
4th Thursdays in each month. We I'M
derstand that it has plenty of work to
do, and is prospecting.
The newest and latest styles of spring
millinery are now on exhibition at the
rooms of Mrs. Hatton and Stevens,
oyer the store of Byerley, Dark s. Run
yam. Call and see them. A
w. A. Clinkscales was in this week
and reported that unheard-of activity
is shown among the farmers in the VI
cinity of Deerhead. Listers are run
ming seven days in the week.
Rev. o. Il. Shaw Will preach at Min
gona on Sabbath, May LIST, at IL a. m,
and at Elm Mills at p. r., and at
Wilson's school house at p. m. of the
same day. Mr.. Shaw Is a Methodist.
Henry Blickhahn yesterday traded
his stock of saddles and harness to
Samuel NJ. Stewart for the Wheelock
place, in the north part of town and
some cash. c. q. Taliaferro made the
| trade.
Samuel Daniels, a young man who
lived south of here, eight miles, died
last Saturday, Odd inst, at the home of
ID. p. Brown, for whom he was work
ing. lie had been sick about two weeks
with malarial fever.
1t is the opinion of several farmers
and stOckmen that the blue-stem grass
was seriously injured by the dry wealth
er in March, and others claim that the
buffalo grass was injured. We predict
that there will be plenty of grass of ev-
cry kind this year.
y sentimental young man in this
city was seen to slide down the rail-
road cmbankment, near the bridge, one
night last week, after his hat AS there
was no wind blowing, the question aris-
es: "IIow did his hat get there? and
what was the young lady laughing at ?'
Our facetiOus neighbor, the Cresset,
objects to the position of the INDEX on
the town lot question, and then, in the
same issue says: Property is not too
high in Medicine Lodge. AS n promi-
nent man remarked yesterday: IF
they would only fix price and then
accept when they get an offer it would
be all right but as soon as they get an
offer they raise the price twenty-five
per cent"
Mr.. Kissack, the man who lost part
of his hand in circular saw, in Co
manche county, few weeks ago, was
able to 60 home this week, the surgical
skill of DIR. Davis having made his
hand nearly as good as new. 1t will be
remembered that the metacarpal bone
of the middle finger was so badly cut
that that it had to be removed, together
with the entire finger. DIR. Davis kept
his patient under his own immediate
care, and saYed the hand, which is an
acknowledged victory of surgical skill.
The Cresset, of last week, devoted
considerable space to crlticizing the ac-
ton of the county commissioners in
unanimously naming the First Nation
al bank as the depository of county
money, that institution having agreed
to give the necessary bond, and pay in
terest at the rate of one per cent. per
annum on average daily balances. The
Citizens National bank was willing, the
Cresset says, to give five per cent. in
terest. We are not particularly inter-
ested in this discussion, having such
faith in the judgment of the county
commissioners, who were acquainted
with all of the circumstances, that we
are willing that their actions should
remain undisturbed. 1t is known that
the county treasurer's bond was made
by the friends of the First National
bank; that the county treasurer desired
that institution to be the county depos-